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NO. XXI11 NO. 4 _____ Sylva, N. C. Thursday, June 24, 1948 $2.00 A Year 5c Copy
Plans Completed For Big 4th Of July Celebration
These Are Schools ot
The Co. To Be Affected
By Long Range Program
If Citizens Approve Bond?
Issue Work Will Get
Started As Soon As
Money Available
Under the long range school
building and improvement program
planned for by the County Board
of Education nineteen schools of
the county will be affected. The
entire improvement program hing
es "now on the July 3rd county
wide election on a bond issue fof
school building purposes. If the
bond election is favorable and as
soon as money is available there
from the building program can
be started. If the election is un
favorable our county school sys
tem will remain in the same crit
ical condition now facing our cit
izens.
The schools listed in the; pro
gram and the type of improve
ments to be made are as follows:
Qualla, repairs, extra classroom,
heating system, and water system.
Barkers Creek and Wilmot, new
seven classroom building and to
be made a standard elementary
school.
Dillsboro and Dix Creek, new
building and to be made standard
elementary school.
Sylva elementary school, repair
ed and continue use at present.
Work needed immediately.
Beta, Addie and Willets, new
building and to be standard ele
mentary school.
Tuckaseigee, additicfs, cafet
eria and heating plant.
Glenville, additions and repairs
to building, including new class
rooms, cafeteria and gymnasium.
Cashiers, new building.
Canada, consolidation of district
with modern new building, with
probability of being made into a
sub-standard high school.
Savanna, additional classrooms
John's Creek, repairs and paint
ed.
KEEN INTEREST IS
BEING SHOWN IN
GOVERNOimiACE
Keen interest is already at full
heat in the second primary in the
governor's race which will be set
tled at the polls Saturday between
the forces of Charles M. Johnson,
high man of the first primary, and
W. Kerr Scott, who ran him a
close race.
Friends and supporters of both
candidates in Jackson county are
waging a hard campaign in behalf
of their favorite candidate and it
is anybody's guess who will be
the winner. i
Johnson's interest here is headed
up by Frank Hall as general coun
ty manager and Scott's campaign
is being led by Robert Holden.
Both men are confident their man
will be the winner. Jackson coun
ty gave Scott the majority of its
votes in the first primary. The
vote being Johnson 1214 and Scott
1848. It may be that the vote will
be reversed this Saturday.
GROUP TO MEET ON
JACKSON COUNRY
CURB MARKET PLAN
Mrs. D. C. Higdon, president of
the Jackson County curb market
committee, has announced a meet
ing .to be held in the courthouse
in Sylva at 10:00 o'clock Saturday
morning, June 26 for the purpose
of discussing definite plans to or
ganize and establish a Jackson
County Curb Market. The Market
is to be sponsored by the Home
Demonstration Clubs of the coun
ty.
Citizens, especially the farmers
and their wives, interested in a
better produce market for the
county, are urged to attend this
meeting and enter into the discus
sions.
WEBSTER TO GET
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
In reporting the road improve
ment# projects for Jackson coun
ty in last week's Herald the
Webster road was omitted thru
oversight. Mr. Noland, district
commissioners called this to our
attention this week. Mr. No
land stated that $1,991.54 has
been appropriated for the pur
pose of placing asphaltic-con -
crete surface through the town
of Webster and additionals fund
are now being used in regular
work being done on the Webster
road and that still furtherjunds
for work in the 1948 budget
have been ear-marked for furth
er work on this road.
Professional Drug
Adds New Pharmacist
The Professional Drug Store has
announced that Mr. Brainard M.
Burrus is now associated with their
store.
Mr. Burrus, a graduate of Uni
versity of North Carolina Pharma
cy school, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Burrus* of Canton, and
is a registered pharmacist.
Tuckaseigee D. V. B.
School Closed Tuesday
The Daily Vacation Bible school
held at the Tuckaseigee Baptist
church for the past ten days closed |
Tuesday with exercises in the
church that evening. The program
consisted of songs, Scripture verses
and other work that had been
taught to the children. There was
?lso an exhibit of the handwork and
drawing done by the children. 84
children were enrolled, with an
average attendance of 68 and 39
received certificates.
Sylva Rotarians 100 Percent
For Bond Issue For Schools
Following a 30-minute talk by
Rotarian W. R. Enloe, a member
of the county board of education,
who very ably and forcibly pre
sented a picture of the school build
ing situation in Jackson county,
the members of the club, upon
motion made by Marvin Snipes,
duly seconded, voted unanimously
their full favor and support of the
proposed bond election to be held
July 3rd for the purpose of rais
ing funds with which to build a
number of new school buildings
and to repair and enlarge,mariy
others.
Mr. Enloe reviewed his board's
efforts for the past year in trying
to map plans and initiate plans for
a county-wide school building and
improVement program. He told
of a county-wide survey made by
the county in cooperation with
state school planning officials
which revealed a deplorable con-'
dition existing in Jackson county,1
and which still exists, only to have
been made more serious last Feb
ruary when Judge Philip issued
a temporary restraining order pad
locking the Sylva elementary
building.
Mr. Enloe told the Rotarians
that the only relief for Jackson
county is through a bond issue,
with the possibility of equal funds
being furnished by the state. He
told his hearers that if the bond
election fails to carry then the
county will be faced with the bur
den of raising'"<axSs* locally for
building purposes which would
increase the tax rate almost 100
per cent, while under the bond
issue plan the rate would only be
increased between 20 and 25 cents
on the $100 valuation.
FARMERS FEDERATION
SETS JULY 24 FOR
ANNUAL PICNIC
The annual Farmers Federation
picnic for Jackson county, anj
all-day event of string music, quar^J
tet and choir singing, and many
special and varied acts, will \>e
held in the high school building
at Cullowhee on Saturday, July
24, beginning at 10 a.m., it was
announced by James G. K. Mc
Clure, president of the federation.
The annual picnic, which is be
coming traditional for this area,
has drawn larger crowds each
year to participate in the games
and contests. Musicians, singers
and other performers are extend
ed a special invitation to attend
and take part in the program.
Prizes will be given for the best
choir and quartet, as well as for
athletic games and contests on the
school grounds during the lunch
time.
The day's festivities will begin
with string music and singing by
many groups, each attempting to
out-perform the others. Special
acts, such as the federation hen
lays an egg on the stage at a pre
determined time each day and Pan
handle Pete, the one man band of
Western North Carolina fame, will
add to the life of the program. Alec
Houston, young ventriloquist of
Hendersonville, will attend the
picnics again ttyis year.
At the lunch hour the federa
tion will furnish plenty of water
melon and lemonade for all. Races,
tugs of war and other contests will
be held at this time on the school
grounds, and prizes will be given
to the winners.
SENIOR SCOUT COURT
OF AWARDS HELD HERE
A senior scout court of awards
was held at the Methodist church
here Tuesday evening of last week
at 8 o'clock, immediately follow
ing the regular dinner meeting of
the Rotary club, which is the spon
soring organization of the Serfior
troop. Many of the Rotarians at
tended the court in a body.
Awards were made as follows:
Apprentice Explorer Scout,
Frank Crawford, Jr., presented by
Rev. Tom Houts, Jr., of Cullow
hee.
Woodman Explorer Scout?Chas.
Stillwell, Jack Hennessee, Jimmy
Bales, Walter A. Jones, Carol
Ashe, Boyd Sutton, Philip Jones,
Ben Sumner and Benny Reese, by
Rev. W. Q. Grigg.
Lone Explorer Apprentice Scout
?Don Louis Tyndall, Cherokee,
by Field Scout Executive, Avery
Means.
Senior Scout Titles: Scout Citi
zen, Scout Conservationist and
Scout Forester?Don touis Tyn
dall, Cherokee, presented by Field
Scout Executive Avery Means.
Post Guide Emblem Awards?
Philip Jones; Asst. Post Guide
Award?Charles Stillwell; Crew
Leaders?Walter A. Jones and
Jimmy Bales, presented by Dr.
Harold McGuire.
Avery Means presented Rotary
President Delos Hooper with a
?Continued on page 10
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR PFC. GRADY CABE
Funeral services for Pfc. Grady
Cabe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Candler
Cabe of Green's Creek, will be
held Friday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Old Savannah Baptist
church.
Pfc. Cabe, whose body arrived
in Sylva on Wednesday, was kill
ed in action in the Philippines.
OUR REGRETS
, We regret very much that The
Herald comes to you with only
ten pages this week due to a bad
break-down of our big press.
For this reason several adver*
tisements and considerable news
had to be omitted. We regret
that we have been forced to do
this but machinery will give
trouble- at times.
THE PUBLISHERS
"Granny Hatcher", 98,
To Visit Grandchildren ^
Mrs. Jane Hatcher, better known I
as "Granny Hatcher" or "Aunt
Jane", 98 years of age, who lives
with her son-in-law, T. F. Dil
lard, and Mrs. Dillard, went Sun
day to the home of her grand
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Beck,
where she will spend this week.
She plans to spend next week
with another granddaughter* Mrs.
Glenn Davis, and family. Then
she plans to go to Asheville and
visit her grandson, Avery Dil
lard, and Mrs. Dillard, for a week.
Mr. Dillard states that she was]'
as thrilled as a child to be makingl
these visits to her grandchildren.!
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Merchants Are Asked To j
Have Floats In 4th Of
July Parade
All Sylva merchants and busi
ness houses are requested to en
ter floats and bathing beauties
? n the annual 4th of July cele
bration. Prizes will be given to
the best entires of the different
classes of floats and to the win
ner of the "Miss Sylva of 1948"
title in the beauty contest.
At a meeting of the Merchants
Association, it was voted unani
mously that all merchants donate
$5.00 to cover the overhead ex
pense of the celebration.
Entries for the floats and bath
? ng beauties are being taken by
Grayson Cope, Edwin Allison,
Boyd Sossamon, Charlie Camp.
bell and Jack Allison.
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18-YEAR MYSTERY
CLEARED IN FINDING I
HAWKINS'REMAINS I
A mystery that has baffled the
people of Jackson county for 18
years was cleared up last Friday
when the remains of a man found
in a laurel thicket of the White
side Cove section was identified
by Mrs. Genevieve H. Wright as
that of her father.
-Ernest White and his brother
were logging in this area whence
found a skull. Not knowing whem
er it was that of a human, he took
it to Cashiers to let Dr. John Paint
er decide. After learning that it
W'as that of a man, they went back
to the same place and raked the
leaves away and found the re
mains of the skeleton, with the
shoes still on his feet.
Indentification was easily made
as his knife, pocketbook, watch
and false teeth were all there. No
inquest was held as Coroner Lum
Diils did not think it necessary.
The following article is copied
from The Ruralite of March 25,
1930, the week after his disap
pearance and tells the story:
"Efforts of posses of more than
400 men to locate the Rev. W. T.
Hawkins of Cashiers, who disap
peared from his home last Tues
day evening, failed Sunday to lo
cate the missing man after an all
day search. Every day since he
disappeared crowds varying from
one to four hundred have been
searching for Mr. Hawkins.
"Last Tuesday evening Mr. Haw.
kins went out as usual to look for
his cows and he has not been seen
or heaid from since'*about 5 o'clock
that evening.
"People have gone to Cashiers
from miles around to aid in the
search, but no clue.> have been ob
tained.
"The missing minister is well
(Continued on page 10)
SOSSAMON'8 H Sylva
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SCOUTS 60 TO CAMP
DANIEL BOONE FOR
WEEK OF OUTING
By Lambert Hooper
The annual summer camp for all
troops of the Daniel ifaone Coun
cil opened its 25th season Monday
rpormng and will be open for
scouts of the council area through
August 1. This camp is located
on the Boy Scout Reservation, a
700 acre tract of land in the heart
of the Smokies, on the East Fork
of the Little Pigeon river in Hay
wood county, 12 miles from
Waynesville and 15 miles from J
Canton.
This camp is operated under
the supervision of the National
Camping Service of the Boy Scouts
of America which supervises camp
ing under high standards for more
than half a million boys every
summer. This summer Camp
Daniel Boone has seventeen well
qualified and trained men on its
staff.
Local scouts attending the camp
will have the privilege of parti
cipating in campcraft, wilderness
camping and hiking, campfire,
boating, achery, nature lore, swim
ming, games, rifle range, pioneer
ing, canoeing, rowing and other
types of fun. Devotional is' held
each day before the morning meal
and a religious- service is held each
Sunday in the camp chapel.
Boys from Sylva going over on
Monday were: Dickey Wilson,
Louis Extine, Jr., Wayne Ward,
Robert Allison, Jimmy Stovall,
Del<;s Hooper, Lloyd Kirk and
Lambert Hooper.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR MRS. S. J. LONG
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Sylva Methodist church for Mrs.
Sadie J. Long, 75, a former Sylva"*
resident, who passed away Fri
day night in a Danville, Kentucky
hospital, following a few weeks
illness. Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor
of the church, officiated. ,
Mrs. Long had been with her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Carter, inj
Danville for about two months.'
About a month ago she fell and
fractured her hip, and after an op
eration she developed pneumonia,
and while at one time she seemed
much improved, on Sunday, June
13 she suffered a relapse and stead
ily grew worse until her death.
Mrs. Long, who for several years
had spent her time in the homes
of her children, always considered
Sylva her home and always came
back here when she could. She
still owned her home in Sylva.
For eight years she was post
mistress in Sylva, and was always
interested in all progressive ac
tivities of the town and county.
She was a member of the Sylva
Methodist church and was active
in church affairs as long as she
lived in Sylva.
Mrs. Long was the daughter of
the late Hamilton Brown and Ann
Bryson Brown of Cullowhee andi
the widow of the late J. R. Long
of Sylva.
Surviving are one son, J. Rob
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Swimming Pool Is
Crowded on Opening Day
The swimming pool at the Rec
reation Park opened Saturday and
was filled to capacity both Satur
day and Sunday according to!
James Barfiwell, director.
Barnwell stated that bathing
suits are being purchased for rent
,and will be available at the end
of this week. Towels are now be
ing rented.
The pool is open daily from 1
to 5:30 p m. and as soon as the
weather permits it will be open
two nights weekly mostly for the
benefit of adults.
Admission prices are 15 and 25
cents with season's tickets avail
able for 6 and 9 dollars. A barbed
v^.re enclosure has been erected
around the fence to keep the fence
, in good condition.
Merchan t s Association
Sponsoring Many Events
For Sylva?s Biggest 4th
LIONS ELECT ROY
REED PRESIDENT,
OTHER OFFICERS
At the regular dinner meeting
of the Sylva Lions club on Wednes
day evening, June 16, the list of
men nominated and elected as new
officers for the year 1948-49 were
announced. They are as follows:
Roy H. Reed, will succeed T. Wal
ter Ashe as the new president,
Claude Campbell, 1st vice-presi
dent; Edwin Allison, 2nd vice-l
presidnet; W. T. Brown, 3rd vice
president; Tom L. Clayton, secre
tary-treasurer; Frank P. Crawford,!
assistant secretary; W. C. Hennes
see, assistant treasurer; Howard;
Ball, tail twister; Rudy Hardy,1
Lion Tamer and Dennis Barkley,
assistant lion tamer.
The directors are: Joe Deitz,
1949, Fred Williams, 1949, W. T.
Wise, 1950, and Jennings Bryson
1950.
The new officers will be install
ed at the annual leadies' night and
installation program Wednesday,
June 30.
JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR ASSOCIATION
NAMES COMMITTEES I
T. Walter Ashe, president of the'
Jackson County Fair Association,'
has announced the following ap-'
pointments of committee Chairman |
and other committee members to
begin actual work of plans fori
staging a real county-wide fair!
for thfc county this fall:
O. E. Brookhyser will head the
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committee on entertainment and
concessions; Finance committee
chairman, Jennings A. Bryson;
Grounds and equipment commit-,
tee will be in the hands of W. C.
Hennessee as chairman; Publicity.|
J. A. Gray and J. C. McDarris; Ex
hibits, John F. Corbin, chairman,!
W. T. Brown and M. L. Snipes;
Premium, Claude Campbell, chair-]
man, Roscoe Poteet, Felix Pickle
simer, and Grayson Cope.
A meeting will be called in the
near future by Mr. Ashe for the
above committee chairmen and
members to further organize and
select other helpers.
Cullowhee Cemetery To
Be Cleaned June 26
The Cullowhee Baptist church
cemetery will be cleaned Satur
day, June 26. Everyone having
relatives buried here is asked to
come at 9 o'clock on this day and
stay until the work is finished.
Many other improvements have
been made on the grounds of the
church and this work must be done
to complete the proposed undertak
ing of improving the looks and
providing extra space.
Beauty Contest, Baby
Contest, Balloon
Ascension And Other
Games Planned
By Bob Terrell
The Fourth of July Committee
has made plans for a big celebra
tion day which will come on Mon
day, July 5, instead of Sunday,
July 4, according to an announce
ment made by-Mayor Jack Alli
son. The plans include a parade,
beauty and baby contests, ^greased
pig and pole contests, horse shoe
pitching, baseball garr^e, ballon
ascension and parachute pump,
street dance and fireworks.
All plans are made and prepara
tion for the big day is in progress.
All merchant are asked to coop
erate in the parade with floats and
in the beauty contest.
The parade will assemble at the
City Park at 10 a.m. and proceed
down Mill Street to the Court
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house steps where it will leave at
11 a.m. sharp. It will parade up
Main Street to the intersection of
highways 19a and 107 where it
will turn and go back to the City
Park. It will consist of floaVs with
bathing beauties, several bands
and anything else that the mer
chants might enter.
When the parade breaks up at
the Park, the beauty contest will
take place to determine who is
"Miss Svlva of 1948". Also, a
baby coutest, the greasy pig and
greasy pole .stunts and horse shoe
pitching u ill % Arningo
stand, >pon ured by the ifsi cy6n
club, will be erected at the park
and will have several prizes to give
to winners. Refreshments and wa
termelon stands will be placed
around the park during the day.
BASEBALL GAME
At 2 p.m. the crowd will move
to the schoolgrounds where the
Sylva Legionaires take on Haber
sham Mills of Clarksville, Ga. at
3 o'clock in one of their toughest
games of the season. Immediately
after the game the balloon ascen
sion will take place with Claude
L. Shafer of Indianapolis, Indiana
jumping from 4,000 feet in a double
parachute jump.
At 8 p.m. a street dance will
take place on Main Street and at
9 p.m. the fireworks, furnished
by the Vitale Fireworks Ffg. Co.
Inc. of New Castle, Pa., will be
displayed.
Everyone is urged to be ready
for the largest celebration ever
held in Sylva on the Fourth of
July.
July 4th Program
Gets Rain Insurance
Charlie Campbell, directing cer
tain activities, including the bal
loon ascension, has secured thru
a representative of Lloyds of Lon
I don, Insurance Company, rain in
surance covering the cost of cer
I tain activities of the day. Mr.
Campbell stated that, we are in
sured against rain between the
hours of 5:30 a. m. and 7:30 If a
half inch or more of rain falls dur
ing this time payment will be
made.
Republicans In Midst Of
Their National Convention
Republican leaders and dele
gates moved into Philadelphia this
week mid banner waving for their
National Convention and ' job of
selecting nominees to head the
National ticket this fall. As the
convention moved into its fourth]
day, following the key-note speech
es and Platform building, Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, of New York,
is claiming a big lead for the nom
ination. However he is faced with
opposition from many sides and
if he fails to poll a majority in the
lirst few days of ballot casting he
' is likely to be thrust aside for one
' of the other favorite sons of the
GOP. Taft, Stassen, Martin and
others are there with plenty of
backing and it is anybody's race
at this time. Senator Arthur A.
Vandenberg is still a favorite with
many and may come out as the
winner if the convention gets into
a long drawn-out fight over who
shall head the ticket in the No
vember election in an effort to
dislodge the 16-year entrenched
Democrats. ,
Fifteen of the 26 North Carolina
delegates indicate they are for
Dewey.
W. C. Hennessee of Sylva is at
tending the convention as a dele
gate from the l^th congressional
district.